What are Groups in FarmWizard?
Groups are "containers" to hold a number of animal identities. A group can be used in two different ways:
As a Sub Group
As a Report Group
There are 45 available groups within each FarmWizard herd.
Sub Groups
A Sub Group is used to place together a batch of animals for management purposes, Some of the common scenarios for adding animals to a Sub Group include:
to place together animals of a certain age, breed, or other measurable attribute e.g. weight or daily live-weight gain
for ease of handling/recording e.g. veterinary treatments
to place together animals that are housed or grazed on a particular physical location
to place together animals that are close to sale
Note:
an animal can only be a member of one Sub Group at one time
when an animal has been marked as sold or dead it will remain assigned to it's current group, unless it is moved to another group before the sale is recorded.
Naming a Group
Go to Herd Manager > Group Manager and click "Select" in the list for the group that you wish to use. To the right of the page, enter a meaningful name and click the "Update Group Name" button.
Go to Herd Manager > Group Manager and click "Select" in the list for the group that you wish to use. To the right of the page, enter a meaningful name and click the "Update Group Name" button.
Adding animals to a Group
To add animals to a Group proceed as follows:
If necessary, go to Herd Manager main menu and click on Group Manager. Click on a group in the list, and check that there are no animals assigned to it, either as a Sub Group or a Report Group. Type in a meaningful name of up to 10 letters/numbers and click the button Update Group Name
Go to the Herd Manager > Batch Manager and use one of the animal selection methods to define the list of animals to be added to the Sub Group
Click the Record Event button at the top right of the screen
Select the required group name from the drop down list. If you want to set the animals to the Group on the same date as joining the herd, tick the From Join Date box. Alternatively, you can select the date that the animal entered the group using the date picker
Click Set to Sub Group to save the changes
Removing animals from a Group
To remove animals from a Sub Group, proceed as follows:
Go to the Batch Manager from the Herd Manager main menu
Within the filter section, select the Sub Group you wish to clear from the Group down down list and then click the Filter button
When the animals have been selected, click the Record Event button above the main list box
On the following screen, select "None" from the Group drop down list
Click the "Set to Sub Group" button to clear the group
Moving animals from one Group to another
To move animals from one Sub Group to another, proceed as follows:
Go to the Batch Manager and use the Group drop down list to select the source Group that you wish to move animals from
Click the "Filter" button to select all the animals currently in the Group. If you want to move all animals, click the Record Event button. otherwise hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and within the main list box, single left-click on the animals that you want to remain in the group (this will de-select them)
When you have the correct list of animals selected, click on the "Record Event" button at the top of the page
Select the new Sub Group from the drop-down list and click the "Set to Sub Group" button to move the animals to the new Group